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Artificialis

contemporary art / history of art

Exhibition: Irene Fenara “Se il cielo fugge”

28 April – 17 May 2016 Adiacenze Vicolo Spirito Santo 1/B 40123 – Bologna www.adiacenze.it Last week the association Adiacenze opened its new exhibition space with the site specific installation “Se il cielo fugge” (If the sky flees) by Irene Fenara. On view are two videos and a wall painting by the artist. Francesco Privato… (read more)

Exhibition: Giovanna Caimmi “Il male degli Ardenti”

22 April – 28 May 2016 ABC-Arte Bologna Cultura Via Alessandrini 11, Bologna www.abcbo.it/abc curator: Beatrice Buscaroli exhibition design: Fausto Savoretti   “Il male degli Ardenti” is one of the Italian synonyms for the disease Ergotism. In the Middle Ages it was a feared illness, caused by a fungus that lives as parasite on cereals plants, especially… (read more)

Impressions of the MIART 2016

MIART 8 – 10 April 2016 www.miart.it [Show slideshow]   Cardi Gallery, London, Milan www.cardigallery.com [Show slideshow]   montrasio arte, Milan www.montrasioarte.it [Show slideshow]   CAR DRDE, Bologna www.cardrde.com [Show slideshow]   A Arte Ivernizzi, Milan www.aarteinvernizzi.it [Show slideshow]   Lia Rumma, Naples www.liarumma.it [Show slideshow]   Galleria Massimo Minini, Bescia www.galleriaminini.it [Show slideshow]  … (read more)

ДОБРОЕ УТРО, ВАРВАРА СТЕПАНОВА // Buongiorno, Varvara Stepanova

Iulia Gabriela Toma & Claudiu Cobilanschi: Buongiorno, Varvara Stepanova 2 April 2016 – 10 June 2016 Gallleriapiù via del Porto 48 a/b, Bologna www.gallleriapiu.com   For the exhibition “Buongiorno, Varvara Stepanova” the Romanian artist-duo Iulia Gabriela Toma and Claudiu Cobilanschi focused on the Lithuanian-Russian artist Varvara Stepanova (1894-1958).   Stepanova was part of the Russian… (read more)

Artwork of the month / April 2016

Landschaft (Landscape) Betty Zanelli 2014 50 x 90 cm Pigment print on Epson Canvas Satin – Ed. 1/5   A lonely footpath leads into bushes. A half-height nature stonewall frames the woods on the left side. Low shrubs on the right provide the view to a Ferris wheel. Despite the grey and cloudy sky, some… (read more)

Exhibition: Piero Manai – Luigi Presicce, Autoritratto con maschere 1899

(Piero Manai – Luigi Presicce, Self-portrait with masks 1899) Galleria De’Foscherari Via Castiglione 2b, Bologna www.defoscherari.com 31 March 2016 – 31 May 2016 Two artists, Piero Manai (1951 – 1988) and Luigi Presicci (born 1976) were inspired by the same painting: “Self-portrait with masks” by James Ensor from 1899. Between the executions of the works… (read more)

Fiume: A promenade at the river

Entering the exhibition “Fiume” (River) there are black and white photos at first sight. They are showing a river bank. Sometimes there is a young woman at the shore, wrapped in a white woollen lace shawl. She is alone with the nature.   Besides there are, in a row of three, smaller coloured diapositives, projected… (read more)

A new exhibition space in the heart of Bologna: “Tripla”

Since the end of February 2016 Bologna, Italy, has a new exhibition space; the “Tripla”. It is an initiative of three students of the Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts), Bologna: Paolo Bufalini, Luca Bernardello and Filippo Cecconi. The municipality of Bologna entrusted three windows under the arcades of the prestigious “Via Indipendenza”… (read more)

16 + 1 artists in the “Atelier Pozzati”

“Atelier Pozzati” 11 March – 17 April 2016 Artists: Alessandra Andrini, Sergia Avveduti, Bertozzi & Casoni, Pierpaolo Campanini, Paolo Chiasera, Cristian Chironi, Cuoghi Corsello, Marco Di Giovanni, Maurizio Finotto, Lino Frongia, Omar Galliani, Eva Marisaldi, Andrea Nacciarriti, Alessandro Pessoli, Concetto Pozzati, Leonardo Pivi, Sissi Curated by: Antonio Grulli Opening hours: Friday to Sunday, 15h30 –… (read more)

Artwork of the month / March 2016

Untitled Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein 2011 303 cm x 185 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas The untitled painting by Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein is a large size painting in portrait format. Principally it is oil on canvas, whereas the grey colour of the ground is enriched with glass dust. This has the result that its… (read more)